Innovation management

Syntesa helps powering the innovation process. We assist companies in bringing their innovative products or services to the market. We help finding investment, we identify first reference clients and we assist in making the first sales.

European and National research

Syntesa is also active in European research, in particular through national and European research projects. Syntesa has a successful track record in initiating, coordinating and collaborating in FP6, FP7 and H2020 EU projects as well as Nordic projects.

Advisory services

Syntesa provides expertise in business development, start-up funding, economic analysis, food traceability and renewable energies. We are based in Europe, but active world-wide with clients on three continents.

In Progress (2)

15.04.2015

PrimeFIsh

The overall objective of PrimeFish is to enhance the economic sustainability of European fisheries and aquaculture sectors. In PrimeFish an innovative decision support framework will be developed (PrimeDSF), containing economic models and decision support system (PrimeDSS) that can be used by the industry and policymakers to predict consequences based on existing knowledge and simulation / forecasting models.
Syntesa lead work package 6, which focuses on the development of the PrimeFish Decision Support Framework. The project will kick off in April 2015.

Precision Livestock Farming (PLF) could assist livestock producers through automated, continuous monitoring of the animals. The observation data can be translated into key indicators on animal welfare, animal health, productivity and environmental impact. A number of PLF tools have been developed at laboratory levels and as prototypes.
The overall objective of the EU-PLF project is to bring some of those tools from the lab to the farm. The process of making those tools operational for the end-user in dairy, pig and poultry farms will be studied in details and a generic procedure (Blueprint) will be derived that will help people in the future to develop Precision Livestock Farming concepts into operational tools. This blueprint represents a manual for farmers and high tech SMEs that are keen to develop new PLF tools. It will be a reference tool offering pragmatic guidance on how Precision Livestock Farming (PLF) systems can be applied on farm level in order to create value for the farmer and other stakeholders.

Currently Syntesa is active in a Nordic project called WhiteFishMall. Partners participating in this project come from the Faroe Islands, Iceland, Norway and Canada.
The main goal is to build a branding platform for whitefish from the North Atlantic that differentiates in terms of sustainable production and superior consumer benefits.

The objective of the coastal fisheries project is to create a network of people across the N-Atlantic and Nordic countries that can contribute to a constructive discussion on the future of the N-Atlantic coastal communities and the role of the coastal sector in the national economy, regional development and other relevant issues. The project is funded by NORA.

The goal of Jobmatch Faroes is for the Faroese business world and public institutions to create and maintain relations with Faroese students abroad and home. These efforts are made in order to secure a continuing growth and development of the Faroese society

FoodReg is a global specialist provider of traceability solutions, in particular for the food industry. Partner Heiner Lehr has been the Technical Director of FoodReg since 2007 and is involved in all major client projects of the company in the traceability of sustainable palm oil, aquaculture, fruits & vegetables and many other commodities.

Ocean Rainforest has developed a concept for macro algae cultivation in open oceans. In March 2010 the installation was deployed for a structural test at a 50 meters depth aquaculture test site exposed to northern waves & wind at Funningur, Faroe Islands. The next phase in the development is the “cultivation test” combined with and upscale of the seed line deployed. This will make Ocean Rainforest the largest macro algae cultivation activity in Europe and North America and the largest in the world on open sea environments with >50 water depth.

Data Quality Systems supports the data quality management of meteorological and oceanographic (met-ocean) observations. Within this narrow field we aim at developing the full range of concepts, tools, and services to provide the users of our products with the most efficient observation environment with focus on data quality and process efficiency.

Syntesa partner Dr Heiner Lehr has been contracted by the United Nations’ Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UN ESCAP, www.unescap.org) for consulting on paperless agro-trade facilitation. Heiner is a member of the UNNExT network of experts on paperless trade in Asia and the Pacific.

The SAF21 project is an H2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Innovative Training Network - which provides research, training and networking opportunities for early stage researchers who will use latest research tools, such as simulation and participatory approaches, with an aim to inject social intelligence into EU fisheries management systems. SAF21 includes multi- and interdisciplinary scientific training, secondments in both academic and non-academic organizations, as well as courses in core transferable skills with an emphasis on public engagement, science communication, education and outreach.
Syntesa is one of the partner and host institutions, which means we will be hiring our own PhD candidate and will now be starting the recruitment process. We look forward to welcoming a new member of staff into the team. The project will start in February.

BENTHIS studies the impacts of fishing on benthic ecosystems and will provide the science base to assess the impact of current fishing practices.
We will study the vulnerability of different benthic ecosystems in European waters and analyse the physical impact of the current fishing practices on benthic organisms and geo-chemical processes.
In collaboration with the fishing industry, we will study innovative fishing technology and develop management scenarios to mitigate the adverse impacts. BENTHIS will inform managers about the benthic habitats that are impacted most and about the fishing gears that have the biggest impact and provide information on options to mitigate the adverse impacts.

MacroBioTech is a NORA funded research project that aims to deliver a viable means for the commercial cultivation
of marine biomass in an open ocean environment. The two year project uses the Macro Algae Cultivation Rig (MACR) developed by Ocean Rainforest.

MareFrame EC-funded RTD project which seeks to remove the barriers preventing more widespread use of the ecosystem-based approach to fisheries management. The vision of MareFrame is to significantly increase the use of ecosystem-based approach to fisheries management (EAFM) when providing advice relating to European fish stocks.